Door latch



June 10, 1930. w, ANDERSON 1,763,548

DOOR LATCH Filed April 11, 1928 ZflQZie/E 07122 9119012 NVENTOR ATTORNEY Patented June It), 15339 WALTER E. ANDERSON,

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OF POCATELLO, IDAHO noon LATCH Application filed April 11,

This invention more particularly relates to door fastening devices embodying among other characteristics independently operable operating means.

Another object of the invention content plates a latch mechanism.

A further object of the invention comprehends ears adapted to accommodate a lock to prevent unauthorized ingress and m egress past the door.

With the above and other objects in view, the invention further consists of the following novel features and details of construction, to be hereinafter more fully described,

15 illustrated in the accompanying drawing and pointed out in the appended claim.

In the drawing Figure 1 is a perspective view of the invention as applied and disposed in a locked po- 29 sition.

Figure 2 is an elevation of the invention illustrative of the different positions capable of being occupied by the latch member.

Figure is a longitudinal sectional view 755 preferably taken through the illustration of Figure 2 of the drawing.

Figure 4 is a fragmentary elevation of one of the operating means.

Figure 5 is a sectional view taken on line 39 through the operating means as disclosed in Figure 1 of the drawing.

Referring to the drawing in detail, wherein like characters of reference denote corresponding parts, the reference characters and 11 indicate laterally swinging doors adapted to dispose the outermost free edges thereof in juxtaposition when shifted to occupy closed positions. Plate members 12 and 13 are carried upon the respective doors 49 upon either side thereof depending upon whether the garage is an outside or inside one.

An car 1 1-, offset upon the innermost end of the plate member 12, is provided with an elongated vertically disposed slot 15.

A latch member 16, pivotally mounted, as indicated at 17, adjacent one end upon the outer face of the plate 12, isextended through the elongated vertically disposed slot 15 in the ear 1 1 and across the ad acent face of the member 16. The outermost end of the latch.

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plate member 13. A keeper 18, upstanding from and disposed inspaced relation to the plate member 13, is adapted to accommodate and support the adjacent portion of the latch member 16 terminates to provide an apertured ear 19 adapted for registration with a similar car 20 upon the outer face of the plate member 13 to facilitate the application of a look, not shown, to prevent unauthorized ingress and egress through the door Way.

A knob or lift 21, carried adjacent the free end of the latch member 16, is adapted to facilitate the raising of the latch member 16 from one side of the door to occupy the dotted line position illustrated in Figure 2 of the drawing.

An L-s-haped lever 22, having a portion extended horizontally through the door 10 adjacent the outermost side edge thereof, is adapted to dispose the shorter end 23 in parallelism with the outer face of the plate member 12 immediately beneath the lowermost edge of the latch member 16.

A retaining plate 24, carried by and operable in conjunction with the latch member 16, terminates to provide inwardly offset ends 25, adapted for engagement with uppermost edge of the latch member 16 and the undcrside of the offset end 13 of the L-shaped lever 22, in the manner as best illustrated in Figures 1 and 5 of the drawing.

A face plate 26, mounted upon one side of the door 10, is provided with a central opening, adapted to receive the projecting end of the L-shaped lever 22. A handle nut or lever 27, lockingly engaged with the L-shaped lever 22, is adapted to bear against the face plate 26.

From the foregoing description and accompanying drawing, it will be noted that the knob or lift 21 and the handle nut or lever 27 provide the necessary means for opening the doors from either side. 195

The invention is susceptible of various changes in its form, proportions and minor details of construction, and the right is herein reserved to make such changes as properly I109 fall within the scope 6f the appended claim.

Having described the invention, What is claimed is A door fastening comprising companion plates carried upon the adjacent portions of the door members, an ear offset adjacent the I innermost end of one of the plates having an elongated slot, a keeper carried by the other plate, a latch member pivotally mounted upon the first mentioned plate being extended through the elongated slot in the ear and received by said keeper, an 7 L-shaped lever extended through one of the doors in q the first mentioned plate to engage the lower portion of the latch member, a UV-shaped retaining plate eccentrically mounted upon the latch member and engageable at one end With the under side of the L-shaped lever, and an operating handle carried upon the outermost end of the lever. y no In testimony whereof I afiix my signature.

WALTER E. ANDERSON. 

